Xofievo/y we sent along with — avoiding. Therefore og, who, is to be supplied, taken from ou , of whom , whose , in the preceding verse. The churches had given this companion to Paul, whithersoever he might go. Hence they are called the apostles , or messengers of the churches , ver. 23 : and Paul declares, that this office here also has respect to the present business. From this it is evident, that the rights of the churches are mutual [reciprocal]. — ouvsxdqjtiog, the companion of our travels. Those, who read with Wolfius, (svnxbrgjjog vpuv, refer to it by mistake the various reading of the pronoun at the end of the verse.1 — < tiv , with ) construed with <rvvs xbrujjoc, the companion of our travels. They carried along with them the gift of the Macedonians to Jerusalem. — w pog , to) con- strued with yiipoTovTi&iis, chosen , appointed. — avrou rou K vpiou, of the [same] Lord Himself) viz. Christ, ver. 21. — xal xpotiv/u/av Vfjju v, our ready mind) The proofs for reading fipuv are by far the most numerous, and v/nu v has crept into a few copies, by an obvious exchange of the Greek pronoun, which was more readily made on account of the alliteration of the v in v/uuv with ‘TrpoOvfA/av. The churches had charged the brother of whom he is here speaking, the companion of Paul, with their own gift, not with a view to the readiness of the Corinthians , which had less relation to the churches, but with a view to produce readi- ness on the part of Paul and of that brother, i.e. lest for fear of that blame , of which he afterwards speaks, their willingness to undertake and finish the business might be lessened.
20. ’A bporriri, in this abundance) This term does not permit the Corinthians to be restricted [niggardly] in their contribution.
21. E vumov Kvplou, in the sight of the Lord) in private, in truth : comp. Rom. xii. 17, note.
2 22. AvroTg, with them ) with Titus and the brother. — ^g^ro/^trs/, through the confidence) construed with, we have sent along with , here and at ver. 18 : comp. v. 23. — sis bfiag, which we feel towards [in] you) concerning your liberality.
1 Therefore both the margin of the 2d, as well as of the larger Ed. and the Germ. Ver., prefer the reading vjpcav. — E. B.
At the end of the verse is the reading of all the best Uncial MSS., BCG, etc., Vulg., etc. Bee. Text has vpiav with but slight authority. — Ed.
2 E vZi'Kiov oivtopunrav, in the sight of men ) Men are depraved, and are therefore suspicious. Hence also it is just, that men of the highest integrity should avert all suspicion. — V. g.